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IN THE OPEN. 

‘Trout Fishing 
Observations 
By 
HENRY AUSTIN CHADWICK 
myself on the verge of rushing 
into print, either pro, con or in 
addition to the remarks of some brother 
lover of the great outdoors, yet have 
so far refrained. Sometimes I have 
felt that perchance some kindred spirit 
might find a small mede of pleasure in 
hearing a voice from the wilderness, so 
to speak, meaning thereby the foothills 
of the Canadian Rockies where a full 
game bag can, thanks to a kind Provi- 
dence, still be obtained, but of that per- 
haps more anon. The desire to talk 
has been awakened on this occasion by 
Mr. Louis Rhead’s excellent article in 
your November issue, “Super Efficiency 
in Angling for Trout,” and I cannot 
resist the temptation to add my testi- 
mony. Mr. Rhead said something. In 
the vernacular of the day he spoke a 
mouthful. In all the games of the 
great outdoors, whether it be with rod, 
gun or rifle, there is not one’ where effi- 
ciency and concentrated attention to 
the business in hand, and no bets over- 
looked, counts to the same extent as in 
trout fishing. This is a broad state- 
ment, but it is nevertheless true. Let 
us analyze. Whatever his quarry may 
be and whatever territory or water he 
may have selected, the sportsman must 
determine where his quarry is most 
likely to be found. Can any pursuit 
demand any greater attention to detail 
than that of the wary trout, where 
every pool, every rapids, every bend, 
every overhanging bank, every rock, 
and every fallen trunk has its possi- 
bilities to be determined sometimes at 
a glance and sometimes only by investi- 
gation. Then having come and seen, 
how about the conquest? The fish must 
be approached mostly in the open and 
he is keenly alert and keenly suspicious. 
Every bit of cover, every means of con- 
cealment must be turned to advantage. 
The fisherman has all the worst of it. 
He must approach a quarry which is 
watching eternally the one direction 
from which it can be got at, and from 
which it likewise gets most of its food 
supply, namely from above. His only 
chance of approaching unseen is from 
behind. How would the stalker of any 
'other quarry like to take that propo- 
sition on? It is just concentrated at- 
‘tention to these things coupled with a 
| thorough understanding of the lure and 
how to present it which make the dif- 
ference between a full creel when the 
A GOOD many times have I found 




other fellow isn’t getting them and an 
empty basket. Likewise these things 
mean the difference between big fish 
and little ones, between justifiable pride 
and unjustifiable apologies. The fish- 
erman who takes a good creel of good 
fish in educated waters observes all the 
rules of the stalker, and then some, and 
must be proficient in them and super 
efficient in the exercise of them. Nearly 
all anglers realize the fundamentals, 
the advisability of fishing up stream, 
of approaching quietly and threshing 
about as little as possible, yet how few 
actually practice studied attention to 
detail to the final word in efficiency. 
WaAtcu your friend in action and 
see. Watch yourself and see how 
often you let your anxiety draw you 
into a fool position when you might 
have chosen a better one? How often 
have you walked right up to the edge 
of a pool when you might have cast a 
long line from a distance? How often 
when you had to get out in plain sight 
have you started right in to fish in- 
stead of remaining motionless for a 
while and then getting your flies into 
the air with as little motion as possible 
so that they might attract primary at- 
tention? How often have you failed 
to keep a log or tree trunk between you 
and the lower end of the pool? How 
often have you climbed out on a promi- 
nent rock instead of in beside it? How 
often have you waded in when nothing 
else would serve, only to your knees 
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